Meters shall be read bi-monthly or at the discretion of the District. Your District will, as nearly as possible, read meters on the same cycle date, but because of holidays, Saturdays, Sundays, and the difference in the length of months, a five-day variation may occur. If for any reason a reading cannot be obtained for any particular period, the billing may be based on an estimated energy use and demand, in which case it will be subject to later correction.
Customers in rural areas will have electronic meter reading devices or they will read their own meters and report the readings on postal cards furnished by the District. If electronic meter reading devices fail, the District shall have the right to use the actual or estimated energy usage for billing.
All kilowatt hour meters, except those with multipliers, will be read to the nearest ten kilowatt hour for billing purposes. Where the rate is based on kilowatts of demand, the demand shall be the highest average value of power over a fifteen minute interval during the billing period as determined by suitable indicating or recording instruments, by clocking meter revolutions or by estimation. Demands will be expressed to the nearest kilowatt.
